STUDENTSʼ ATTITUDES TOWARDS FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Ivana D. Milošević

doi:10.21618/fil2022153m

Authors

Ivana D. Milošević University of Niš Faculty of Philosophy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2022153m

Keywords:

foreign language learning, attitudes towards language, age, sociolinguistics

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the sociolinguistic aspect of attitudes towards language, included as an unavoidable factor in foreign language learning. The aim of this research is to examine the inﬂuence the age of the students or the attitudes of their parents have on attitude formation towards learning a foreign language. The descriptive scientific research method as well as the scaling technique for examining attitudes used on the corpus in this research consisted of students aged 9 and 13 years who attend primary school and learn German as a foreign language. Having in mind that numerous factors contribute to mastering a foreign language, the research will show whether and to what extent the age of the students or the attitudes of their parents aﬀect the formation of students’ attitudes towards learning a foreign language. Research results can contribute to pedagogical practice as well as to restoring existing knowledge about the importance of attitudes in foreign language teaching.

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